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      • The movie satirizes the numerous bureaucratic and cultural barriers facing foreigners who decide to obtain Swiss nationality. Die Schweizermacher was the highest-grossing Swiss film of all-time and remains one of the most successful Swiss movies, reaching 940,145 admissions in a country of 6.5 million inhabitants.
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  3. www.swissinfo.ch › eng › cultureThe box office hit that is still relevant four decades on

    Mar 9, 2016 · The Swissmakers is one of the most successful Swiss films of all time. A satire on immigration, writer-director Rolf Lyssy talks about why it was so popular and why it stands the test of...

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    The Swissmakers (German: Die Schweizermacher) is a 1978 Swiss comedy film directed by Rolf Lyssy. The movie satirizes the numerous bureaucratic and cultural barriers facing foreigners who decide to obtain Swiss nationality.

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  6. www.swissinfo.ch › eng › cultureDirector of ‘The Swissmakers’ honoured in Zurich - SWI ...

    Sep 28, 2020 · Die Schweizermacher (The Swissmakers) is by far the most successful Swiss film ever (in Switzerland) – it’s estimated that a fifth of the population saw it in the cinema on its release in 1978.

  7. mgp.berkeley.edu › 2015/12/04 › film-review-theFilm Review: The Swissmakers (Die Schweizermacher)

    Dec 4, 2015 · The 1978 film Die Schweizermacher (The Swissmakers) is a good cop/bad cop comedy directed by Rolf Lyssy which dramatizes the bureaucratic exchanges between immigration officials and immigrants applying for Swiss citizenship.

  8. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › die-schweizermacherDie Schweizermacher (The Swissmakers) | Rotten Tomatoes

    Hilarious and biting political satire is mainly intended as a vehicle for the popular comedian Emil Steinberger, whose humor hits the point here, but may be a challenge for a foreign audience; to...

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  9. letterboxd.com › film › the-swissmakers‎The Swissmakers (1978) directed by Rolf Lyssy • Reviews ...

    This romantic drama follows two policemen whose job is to investigate the lives of foreigners who have applied for Swiss citizenship. Among the applicants they must screen are a French psychiatrist and his wife, and a ballet dancer. The married couple are quickly accepted, but the dancer's life offers some objections.

  10. www.themoviedb.org › movie › 34666The Swissmakers (1978) - The Movie Database (TMDB)

    Overview. This romantic drama follows two policemen whose job is to investigate the lives of foreigners who have applied for Swiss citizenship. Among the applicants they must screen are a French psychiatrist and his wife, and a ballet dancer.